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Home > About Us > Meet Our Team > Physicians PhysiciansFPNC MDs are all specialists in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, as well as obstetrics and gynecology. This advanced training provides you extensive expertise in the treatment of reproductive and fertility disorders. Our physicians are very involved in their field, teaching in our regional
universities and medical centers, conducting research, and publishing and presenting
frequently on topics related to infertility. They also serve as members in national
organizations that monitor and set the standards for reproductive medicine including
SART and ASRM. G. David Adamson, MD, FRCSC, FACOG, FACS Dr. Adamson is a Board Certified specialist in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is Director of Fertility Physicians of Northern California and the Fertility and Reproductive Health Institute, a Clinical Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, and Associate Clinical Professor at U.C. San Francisco School of Medicine. Dr. Adamson received his M.D. degree from the University of Toronto in Canada, and his reproductive endocrinology fellowship training at Stanford University. Dr. Adamson has published extensively and is a nationally and internationally recognized expert on IVF, reproductive surgery and endometriosis. Dr. Adamson is a charter member of the Society of Reproductive Endocrinologists and the Society of Reproductive Surgeons. He has served as President of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), (see press release) and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, and on committees at the Food and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health, and Centers for Disease Control. He has also served on the National RESOLVE Board for 10 years. Recognized by Good Housekeeping Magazine as one of the best 400 physicians for women in America, he received the 2006 Outstanding Achievement in Medicine award from the Santa Clara County Medical Society. To view his credentials in detail, please review his curriculum vitae.
Dr. Nelson is a Board Certified specialist in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and Obstetrics and Gynecology. He graduated from Stanford University, U.C. San Diego and the University of Washington before training in reproductive endocrinology and surgery at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco. Dr. Nelson was Clinical Assistant Professor at UCSF, and currently teaches reproductive endocrinology to Stanford Medical students and physicians at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. He speaks and publishes on fertility research and patient management and his memberships include the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. Dr. Nelson has received multiple awards for research, teaching and patient care including the National Institute of Health Fellowship Award and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Mead Johnson Clinical Research Fellowship. To view his credentials in detail, please review his curriculum vitae.
Dr. Kim is a Board Certified specialist in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Kim earned his undergraduate degree from UCLA and his medical degree from Vanderbilt University Medical School. He completed his residency in Ob/Gyn training at Temple University and went on to complete his specialty training in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Yale University. In addition to teaching at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Dr. Kim has published review articles, textbook chapters, and several research studies in peer-reviewed journals. He also lectures at residency training programs, national Ob/Gyn Board Review courses and regional Ob/Gyn societies on a variety of fertility topics including IVF, PGD, and sonography. Dr. Kim’s memberships include the Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. His many honors include recognition for best research by the Philadelphia Obstetrical Society. To view his credentials in detail, please review his curriculum vitae. Dr. Abusief received her medical degree from the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Ob/Gyn at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and her fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Abusief is a Board Certified specialist in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Abusief's academic honors include being named Resident of the Year at Washington University School of Medicine. She also won an Excellence in Teaching Award and received an Expanding the Boundaries Research Grant from Harvard Medical School's department of Ob/Gyn and Reproductive Sciences. Her recent research, centered on menstrual functioning and fertility in women treated with chemotherapy, received First Prize at the 2006 New England Fertility Society Annual Meeting. Dr. Abusief is a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, the Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology. To view her credentials in detail, please review her curriculum vitae. Dr. Shelly received her medical degree from the Milton S Hershey School of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University. She completed her residency in Ob/Gyn at the University of Virginia and her fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Shelly is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Board Eligible in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. Dr. Shelly's academic honors include the Outstanding Resident Teaching Award from UCSF for Exceptional Achievements in Resident Education, and the Award for Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynecology from the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Her most recent research, presented at national meetings and published in peer-reviewed journals, focuses on the role of follicular fluid antioxidants in predicting oocyte health and quality. Dr. Shelly is a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, the Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology. To view her credentials in detail, please review her curriculum vitae.
Dr. Gvakharia is a Board Certified High Complexity Laboratory Director in Human Embryology and Andrology and is Director of Laboratory Services, Quality Assurance and Research at the Fertility and Reproductive Health Institute – our laboratory partner. Dr. Gvakharia received her medical degree and endocrinology fellowship training, as well as a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Endocrinology and Clinical Immunology, from Tbilisi State Medical University in Georgia, part of the former Soviet Union. She then had additional post doctoral training in endocrinology/andrology and served on the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Under Dr. Gvakharia’s direction, the in vitro fertilization laboratory at FPNC/FRHI is accredited with distinction by the American College of Pathologists. She also established and directs the Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) program at FRHI. Dr. Gvakharia publishes and lectures on sperm and egg interaction, micromanipulation of gametes and embryos and laboratory management. Dr. Gvakharia is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, the American Association of Bioanalysts, the Society for Male Reproduction and Urology and the Reproductive Laboratory Technology and Reproductive Biology professional groups. To view her credentials in detail, please review her curriculum vitae.
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H. Preston Nelson, MD, FACOG
Alex H. Kim, MD, FACOG
Marina Gvakharia, MD, PhD, HCLD